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[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
Sound like you have a problem elsewhere. With Voodoo the phone absolutely flies for me, even after weeks, I've never had such a fast phone, including the iPhone4, 3GS and some Nokias. It's such a black&white difference between Voodoo and the stock phone.

It sort of work. Not good but its not all that bad. I surely won't be fully happy until its fully fixed or I change phone. Mainly it loses all satellites sometimes and the position reporting is lagged. Track is rather accurate now and locking time is pretty good.

Seems to have a problem elsewhere here again. I can leave it 3 or 4 days without a charge with light use (answering phone, sms and email only), 2 days with regular use (same+some web, pictures, stuff), 1 day with "power user" usage (lot of web, some gaming, GPS tracking, etc)

I have mail, twitter, facebook, fring on all the time as background processes/widgets.

Can't really disagree here although when it's not laggy it doesn't feel like a big issue anymore (in fact i think the lock coming before the SIM unlock might be there everywhere, but when it doesnt lag, the lock appears after the SIM unlock as it should be!)

Once again, that's strange. I have such an excellent sound quality from the SGS. No drops also (except from LastFM player but I suppose its the app or network). Volume is slightly low however I often have to put it to max in noisy areas.

I dunno anymore if it's strange or you're trolling. The SGS picture quality is among the best in that category, and arguably better than the iPhone 4 except for colors.

There's no flash but you knew that when you bought it.

You knew there's no trackball when you bought it. Your iPhone has no trackball either, neither directional keyboard but yet you won't complain uh?

I don't even use the directional keyboard, it's not a requirement (like in the iPhone btw)

At this point I stopped reading. I first though your phone had a real hardware issue, but now I get it. You're just flat obvious, trolling around.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betoNL:
Well thanks for all this info. And I understand your frustration, eventhough I didnt experience so much problems with my gs wich is my first Android device, bought 6 weeks ago or so.

But to make a long story short, was your experience with the HTC desire better?

I mean does htc handle this relatively young OS better?

For instance, the "voice recognition support " in Android is years behind Symbian and WM and I dont think htc can do anything about it.

Is JPK the official firmware upgrade in the UK?

After such a turmoil of leaked firmwares all kind of fixes, repartitions, 3rd party apps. with all those task killers ( btw, did you know that before flashing or modding, you should uninstall lagfixes, putting partitions in original state, and apply a factory/data reset?) do you really have an idea of the state of your phone before going on flashing, running the risk of tranforming the cure into another problem?

Many problems are indeed Android related, not just because it's still young, but also because what Google is doing with it, and many probs are also Samsung related, but most problems are user-related and most users are not even aware of it

I would wait for that official Froyo upgrade via Kies to come then with my final conclusions, but then again i'm a newbie, and probably you know better...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mozzboiDK:
Thats aaaalot of problem. My SGS is still on stock. And i dont have any problems. Maybe gps, but i almost never used it. So not a big issue. Ill have to wait a couple seconds when i enter an app. Not a big issue either :) i hope it gets faster with froyo.

GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 2dorr:
The topic starter's problems with his Galaxy, are not on my Galaxy. I admit I am an Android fan and I had a Milestone before the Galaxy and there is a big step in the good direction with my actual one. Also after installing Super Manager, a task manager that free the memory automatically, the phone changed in good. I think this is the best task manager ever. Of course I want for Froyo to see some improvements in speed and memory management.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] halanz:
so what a profit gives your information = NULL

So Why you post it here??????:confused:

If you have a Problem with Samsung and you want to tell a story , tell samsung the Story.Or tell it you provider.

PLEASE NOT HERE !!!!:mad:

Because your information is not usable here, so only hot air....

Mod's please close and delete this thread.

Thanks,:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ro4sho:
Hes not trolling about the camera.there is indeed a big loss on detail on the photos.did you try taking a picture of the tree and zoom in?

I'm somewhat dissapointed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
I'm not going to respond to the "troll" comment (despite expecting it, as I said at the end of the post!) other than to say, why would I go to all of the trouble of posting all that if I didn't have genuine issues. If posting about the problems with my device makes me a troll, then I'm guilty as charged.

TBH though, I am not a troll, I am just an average bloke who is at the end of their tether, and is willing to pay quite a lot of money to move to a different phone which I know will have less problems - I am extremely disappointed truth be told, and I'm doing this to save my sanity.

I admit I am a heavy user, so the phone gets a LOT of use, probably more than my PC to be honest, so I am always going to notice problems - I don't expect any device to be perfect, but I expected better from this.

As for the photo, I could post one up if you'd like to me to prove it, I really better things to do, but you can see for yourself if you just try, rather than dismissing what I say.... but if it makes you feel better, then I will post one? ANd yes, I knew the camera didn't have a flash - that in itself isn't a deal breaker, but it can be added to the list of annoyances considering EVERY rival has a flash these days!

The other problems, a little searching can reveal that most of my issues are an issue for others; perhaps others are luckier than me and dont get all these issues, but I'd bet most folks here have at least a couple of these issues, and perhaps more would be revealed if you really put the device through its paces.

My experience with the Desire was somewhat better, I did have some problems connecting with HTTPS sites, and I could not resolve the problem and nor could my provider (this worked fine on wifi), so I used my cooling off period to cancel the contract and return the handset. I was disappointed because I liked the Desire. It still had rubbish battery life though, and all of the android foibles.

There is no official froyo for the SGS in the UK yet. However, given what I have seen thus far, I'm not really convinced it will solve all of the problems when it does come. I hope for the sake of those who stick it out though, that it does, but I've had enough.

I think its an all round better device than the SGS, and its all down to software, because the hardware of the SGS is clearly better on paper.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bec07:
Oh boy, another iTard that doesn't even own a SGS...

Well, widjaja74_us don't let the door hit you on your way out ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i have and i've pretty much dumped my point and shot Cannon IS Camera because of how good the phone camera works, even the recording is more Pro than the one in the camera

it gets even better if you install Vinette
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
Average joe on xda-developers, yes of course.

If there's an ounce of truth in your post then go get a replacement, it's obviously defective.

About the camera, with samsung's software, full rez

Close shot:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/7923/20100907143820.jpg

Low light and some trees:

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8541/20100818200005.jpg

Now here is a shot in perfect light of the iPhone 3GS (with the guy says is better than the SGS, lol):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3631813078_34dc7674e3_o.jpg

.............. don't think it need words
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that's a very nice macro shot (key chain doll), it really brings out the center from the picture
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pahlawankuru:
lol ... mine working perfectly. do you already try using fixlag on market? pewwhh
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
OK, here is a picture I've just taken from the window of my flat - I made sure the settings were correct - 5mp, superfine, anti-shake, autofocus on. Are you telling me you think this is a good picture?

As for the previous picture, I dont think that one of the trees is very good either.

I'm no photographer, but my 5 year 6mp Sony Cybershot compact which was far from top of the range even back then makes absolute mince meat of this camera.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
Yea I was surprised at the sharpness and good focus. I took this pic at random actually, I expected blur :)

I have also a N95 and the N95 is slightly sharper (you can see it on the trees indeed, but then again the SGS is still very good) albeit the N95 colors and general image aren't as good. And the N95, even if old, has in theory better optics (specialized carl zeiss)

I'm equally surprised at the good quality of the SGS in low light situations.

Now it's still pretty far from the N8 which seems to be excellent from a smartphone but the SGS fars damn good IMO.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bilboa1:
I do not believe this can possibly come from the SGS.

Maybe you got a fake SGS? I don't know, lol, at this point it's really not correct

edit:

EXIF says that for yours

And mine:

Note the differences which shouldnt be there including image size

Firmware differences maybe? Early model? damage? fake? i don't know but the picture quality difference is huge
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
LMAO, fake SGS. I've heard it all now.

If thats the best argument you can come up with, then I'm done talking to you. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
I think you'll find photobucket may have resized the image.

Honestly, I can't believe someone actually suggests that my phone is a fake, when I bought it from a well known high street store. :eek::D:D:D:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lmmaromantic:
I have 37 years old, My Samsung Galaxy Working very Good, I Don't back to I phone 4 Again, Maybe your need help,..My FirmWare is JpH, Gps very good , Video, Web , Adobe player 10.1 ....You need a AtariPhone:p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dovla_sa:
Some of you guys are really second grade, i mean how old are you? 13?

Let OP say what he wants, its his phone and his overall experience with the device.

How many of you are crying in tons of other threads for gps and lag fix? Should we all go there now and start bashing each other?

Even in my introduction thread when i stated i had no gps issues or lag issue worth mentioning i was told "my standards are low" wft :)

Cheers

Vlad
[Galaxy S I9000 General] thunderteaser:
You're right on everything, if you don't wish spending your time in various fixes and always waiting for a newer firmware that *perhaps* will fix those issues, selling it was a big deal for you. I'm NOT a fanatic and I do recognize that Galaxy S is way NOT PERFECT OUT OF THE BOX. Samsung still needs some experience imho, but I don't doubt they'll release a decent phone in a year or so. It's got great pieces of hardware, but they're almost useless if you can't use them at 100% of their potentials.

Personally, I decided to wait for a good ported rom or a decent fix that will rock my SGS, I'm really confident that sooner or later I will not envy a Desire HD.

Other than that, it's my first Android phone and it was a present too, so I'm not going to give it away, I can stand its issues atm.

These are just my thoughts, everyone else is free to think whatever they want.
[Vibrant General] kingkesi:
Hey guys, I'm trying to give Touchwiz a chance before I inevitably switch to Launcher Pro or ADW. I'm using Handcent for SMS and wanted to know if anyone's found a way to change the Messaging shortcut at the bottom that's built into Touchwiz. I'd just like to get it to point to Handcent instead of the default messaging app.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
menu > edit > customization.

open app drawer... long press handcent... move to bottom drawer and replace messanger.

you can then swith back to whatever view you prefer.
[Vibrant General] kingkesi:
Ahhh i see..you have to have Customizable Grid selected as the View Type in order to do what u said. I was on the default Alphabetical grid.

Thanks!
[Captivate General] jzpeepz:
What's the trick? When I plug into my computer MTP Application pops up on the phone and just says "Connected." I have to unplug it to do anything.
[Captivate General] radi0chik:
Theres a setting for usb conn that will let you use it as an ext drive and other options. I doins id i change the default to external drive or mass storage i think they call it you can uae the phone while charging.

You can set thay as default or have it make you select eaxh time
[Captivate General] radi0chik:
Obviously im not used to this kb lol!
[Captivate General] ewingr:
Good to know. I ended up plugging the charger to the wall and did it that way today, because of this.

Although I just looked through settings, and can't find it. Must be buried somewhere.
[Captivate General] dinohaven:
Helpful Help

Hey there...to better help you with this problem (as I had the exact same problem and it really pissed me off):

1. Go to "Settings"

2. Go to "Applications"

3. Got to "USB Settings"

4. Select "Ask on Connection"

I have no idea what "Samsung Kies" does other than drive a person crazy...anyone out there know what that does?

I have a feeling AT&T are gonna get calls about this...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssftheone:
So today I woke up to my G1's Alarm going off as usual. I hit the snooze button for about 2 hours before finally getting up and going through my text messages. I went to my first text and tried to type the letter "i". However, when striking the key, it exited my thread. Thinking it was a fluke or that I was still half asleep I tried 3 or four more times before rebooting and waiting through my long boot screen to find the same problem. Certain keys were typing whatever they wanted. The "o" key would type "kbv+" then open a google search. Some other keys were acting funny also, so the first thing I did was a nandroid backup followed by a wipe and reboot. Same problem. I wiped and reformatted again, still to no avail, this time not using my sd card so that my apps were not loaded. Thinking it might be physical I stripped the phone down to its core checked all my connections etc, and rebuilt it and wiped again. Still nothing. This weird keyboard error keeps happening, and I would really prefer to use my actual keyboard instead of a virtual one. On a side note, running console from my recovery menu allows me to type normal keys. Anyone have any ideas? Ive looked around for awhile and some people mentioned the problem but noone seems to have a solution. If you were wondering I am running Cynagen 2.1, well was..>>..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sone7:
Hello, I have installed a Vanilla LockScreen bootanimation and rotary for xda and now I have been blocked ...

The bootanimation played but when it just does nothing more ..

Wipe I have done everything and I can not restore or anything (unless the ext) .. I removed the SD in case, and nothing ..

You have idea of what I can do now? Thank you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Do you mean to say that you are in an endless bootloop?

You must have installed the lockscreen mod on a stock rom or MCR2 rom as it will not work on these and will cause the symptom you described above.

Did you perform a Nandroid backup that you could restore?

AFAIK, you will have to flash your rom again to have it booting normally.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sone7:
I think I've solved the problem, I installed a FULL version of Froyo and then I reinstalled that was .. only now I have to install everything again and redo the desktop ..

AFAIK What's this?

Thank you very much.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
AFAIK is an acronym, which stands for As Far As I Know ;)
[Epic 4G General] fldash:
I don't understand... Both AT&T and TMo have released their phones (although AT&T's isn't suppose to be released until Sunday), yet there still is no release date even announced for the Epic. Futhermore, EVOs are still out of stock. Sprint is really dropping the ball.

I search everyday to see if a release date has been announced as it's the day I move from Verizon, but I'm becoming impatient.
[Epic 4G General] Pops_G:
Given that both the CDMA(Sprint, Verizon) versions of the phones have not been given a release date. I am going to guess it has to do with some difficulties or issues with this version.

The GSM(ATT, TMobile) versions were so quick because they are nearly identical to the original.
[Epic 4G General] fachadick:
What I find interesting is that I don't think the Epic has even passed FCC yet, whereas the GSM versions passed FCC months ago.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Really Is this true?

Maybe thats the hold up?

I just wish they would announce at least the price or the date either one.

The tesing of it is killing me.
[Epic 4G General] shep211:
I tried finding any fcc info and I cant. If its not fcc approved or under galaxy s fcc approval then we have at least 2 to 4 months more to wait.
[Epic 4G General] fachadick:
not necessarily - the Captivate was only submitted to the FCC on 6/11 and is launching just 5 weeks after.

I’m not sure if the FCC makes records available immediately once they’re submitted, or if they wait until after the devices have been approved. In the second case, they could have already been submitted and we still wouldn’t see them listed.

Question to mods - I tried posting a link to the Captivate info on the FCC site, but I'm too new. How long does that restriction last? thx
[Epic 4G General] fachadick:
tweeted by samsung 2 hours ago;

"if you are on Sprint, make sure you pick up the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G. no launch date/price but it's coming out this summer."

I asked them to define summer
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
You can have the FCC withhold information until it is close to release date..

So far the most precise release date I found was late july -early august for the epic 4g...the verizon one best I found is late august - early fall
[Epic 4G General] Vdek:
I was at radioshack today to purchase my EVO and I asked the sales guy about the epic, he claimed mid to late September...
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
It is possible that radioshack may not stock the Sprint version at first because of their recent dealing with T-mobile and it competing with the Vibrant...
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
Nope, I'm guessing mid to late August. I was chosen to be the store rep who gets the phone early, and I'm expecting the phone this week or next. Usually we get them about a month earlier than the general public.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
If you get the phone, can you check if there is a SIM card slot or not? thats pretty much the only major information that we have not gotten confirmation for...aside from the release date of course lol
[Epic 4G General] fldash:
If I get an EVO now, and the Epic comes out in 30 days and I want to switch, is there some fees I have to pay?
[Epic 4G General] Sebrina:
No just return the Evo say you didn't like it and tell them you want the Epic instead. Pay the difference if any (which I doubt) and walk out with the new phone. If you're buying from a Sprint store be careful this may mess with your rebate, that's why I buy Best Buy Mobile or Radio Shack I hate rebates.
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
If you swap phones within 30 days, there will be a $35 restocking fee.

As for the Epic, there's no SIM slot, can tell you that with 100% certainty.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
By that you mean you actually took apart the device and saw it is not there?

cause so far the specs that were outed a month ago were dead on and there was a mention of it having a SIM slot in there...of course that was possible to be in only the prototype..
[Epic 4G General] Pops_G:
gTen, SIM slots are a standard requirement of GSM phones. Sprint is a CDMA based provider. So no, it will not have a SIM slot.

More details here.
[Epic 4G General] Jwahlg:
Was under the impression worldphone sprint blackberrys have sim cards,

as does iden devices technically. I'm really doubting the epic will be a world phone though
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Yes I know that much..but TP2 did CDMA and GSM..so do the BB, LG Fathom and a few other phones too...

The SIM card slot was mentioned in the Leak of the device..aka its CDMA/Wimax/GSM..but so far other then the leak no one has confirmed it or denied it thus far with actual evidence...
[Epic 4G General] Sebrina:
The TP2 was sold as a world phone the Epic and Evo are not advertised as world phones although the unlocked variant of the Galaxy S I believe might be.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Yes..I know EVO is not a world phone...that is obvious as it doesnt have a SIM slot...as for the EPIC, it was not marketed at all so we don't know...

2nd of all it may be there but is locked out...similar how the Titan had GPS but it was locked by firmware....

Again my question is about the EPIC and the EPIC alone...I wouldn't be saying it if there was not a credible source for it...when the info for the EPIC was leaked there was a mention of a SIM slot in the specs...it comes to 2 possibilities:

1) The sim slot is there

2) The demo unit just happened to have a sim slot which was removed on the final revision.
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
Two reasons:

- Some higher-ups that I spoke to regarding the epic said no, there is no SIM slot.

- The promo materials that employees get make NO mention of it being a world phone (this is something usually mentioned early and often with Sprint).

you want a definitive answer? Give me a week and I'll post a pic up here of inside the battery compartment, but I'm willing to say, definitively, there is no SIM slot.
[Epic 4G General] badwolf:
With 4g still rolling out and the evo adds still playing I would guess sprint wants to keep pushing the evo before it starts withe the epic
[Epic 4G General] DeathmonkeyGTX:
Yes, pictures and user impressions written from the perspective of an xda geek would be nice.
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
I'll do as much as I can without risking my job. =)
[Epic 4G General] B-Real206:
:D Nice! I'm just ready to see some new photos of the phone. I'm not so sure it's real anymore. j/k I'm kind of curious about the gps. I guess there is a fix in one of the other galaxy threads but I want to know if it's even needed. Other than alot of pics I'm not quite sure what else needs to be known. Either way I can't wait till you get the phone.
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
they need to put a pre-order down for this phone!

I've been checking online for any news every morning. I'm so ready to ditch T-Mobile and switch to Sprint! Was drooling at pictures of the epics keyboard for a bit earlier. I've almost forgotten what buttons feel like! XD
[Epic 4G General] MameJunkie:
Wondering if its a management decision or a manufacturing one for being Sept.?

If its related to the hardware, kind of makes sense since Verizon is also way late in fall. But if its management's idea, think they shot themselves in the foot again. The EVO is out of stock so really need inventory of the flagship phone to keep people from moving to other carriers. With T-Mobile & gAyT&T, there are already 2 options for those that can't wait.
[Epic 4G General] shep211:
I have not read about a confirmed release date yet. Where did you read about sept release date?
[Epic 4G General] fldash:
Sigh, September release is not what I wanted to here... I'm ready for a new phone, my old Vogue Touch power button broke and I had to take it apart, the solder on failed, and now I'm using a paperclip for the power button. To make matters worse, I have android on it, and the power button double as the Menu button...

I'm sick of Verizon, sick of my Touch, wife wants a new phone too and we were all set to go to Sprint. I DON'T want to wait until September... GRR!